Automated the google forms to pdf generation process. Using pdflatex command (external program).

Only the download automation has to be done. > look at FileSystemWatcher for automatically detecting downloads

Proostenkrant.NET/App.config

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <startup> 
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2" />
+    </startup>
+</configuration>

Proostenkrant.NET/ArticleGenerator.cs

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+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Proostenkrant.NET
+{
+    internal static class ArticleGenerator
+    {
+        internal static string GenerateArticle(string[][] rows)
+        {
+            var text = string.Empty;
+
+            foreach (var row in rows)
+            {
+                var writers = row[1].Split(',').Select(w => w.Trim()).ToArray();
+                var title = row[2];
+                var date = row[3];
+                var mainText = row[4];
+                var imageName = row[5];
+
+                text += GenerateHeader(writers[0], title, date);
+                text += GenerateBody(writers, date, mainText, imageName);
+                text += "\n\n";
+            }
+            return text;
+        }
+
+        static string GenerateHeader(string writer, string title, string date)
+        {
+            var text = string.Empty;
+            text += "\\headline{" + title + "}\r\n";
+            text += "\\byline{" + date + "}{" + writer + "}\r\n";
+            return text;
+        }
+
+        static string GenerateBody(string[] writers, string date, string mainText, string imageName)
+        {
+            var text = string.Empty;
+            if (writers.Length == 2)
+                text += "\\showTwoWriters{Images/ProfilePictures/" + writers[0] + ".jpg}{" + writers[0] + "}{Images/ProfilePictures/" + writers[1] + ".jpg}{" + writers[1] + "}\r\n";
+            else
+                text += "\\showOneWriter{Images/ProfilePictures/" + writers[0] + ".jpg}{" + writers[0] + "}\r\n";
+            text += "\\par " + mainText + "\r\n";
+            text += "\\showInlineImage{Images/Articles/" + imageName + ".jpg}{" + imageName + "}\r\n";
+            return text;
+        }
+
+    }
+}

Proostenkrant.NET/GoogleFormsReader.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Proostenkrant.NET
+{
+
+    internal static class GoogleFormsReader
+    {
+        const string tsvDataUrl = "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRfxfdT8f4MQjXWmZylnXCGl14T0x5mxNw3W1Xd8GrZfPivjcqRGIvmb2YoAf77M00PrGPSJ6Zo-hRs/pub?output=tsv";
+        const string downloadURL = "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID";
+        public static string[][] GetData()
+        {
+            var tsvData = GetTsvData();
+            var data = ConvertData(tsvData);
+            var imageNames = LoadImages(data);
+
+            return data.Select((v, i) =>
+            {
+                v[5] = imageNames[i];
+                return v;
+            }).ToArray();
+        }
+
+        static string GetTsvData()
+        {
+            var client = new HttpClient();
+            var downloadTsvTask = client.GetStringAsync(tsvDataUrl);
+            downloadTsvTask.Wait();
+            return downloadTsvTask.Result;
+        }
+
+        static string[][] ConvertData(string tsvData)
+        {
+            // Split rows
+            var tsvRows = tsvData.Split('\r').Where(v => v.Length > 0);
+            // Split values
+            var rows = tsvRows.Select(r => r.Split('\t').Where(v => v.Length > 0));
+            // Remove header rows
+            rows = rows.ToList().GetRange(2, rows.Count() - 2);
+
+            return rows.Select(r => r.ToArray()).ToArray();
+        }
+
+        static string[] LoadImages(string[][] data)
+        {
+            var names = new List<string>();
+
+            foreach (var row in data)
+            {
+                var name = Regex.Replace(row[2], string.Concat(Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()), string.Empty, RegexOptions.Compiled);
+                name = name.Replace(":", "");
+                names.Add(name);
+
+                var filename = Program.c_articleImagesPath + $"/{name}.jpg";
+                if (File.Exists(filename)) continue;
+
+                var id = row[5].Replace("https://drive.google.com/open?id=", string.Empty);
+                var url = downloadURL.Replace("FILEID", id);
+
+                Console.WriteLine("Downloading images using the browser...");
+                var process = Process.Start(url);
+                process.WaitForExit();
+
+                Console.Write("Drag image here : ");
+                var path = Console.ReadLine().Trim('\"');
+                File.Copy(path, filename);
+            }
+            return names.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+}

Proostenkrant.NET/LatexCompiler.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Proostenkrant.NET
+{
+    internal static class LatexCompiler
+    {
+
+
+        internal static void Compile(string text)
+        {
+            File.WriteAllText(Program.c_articlePath, text);
+            GeneratePdf();
+        }
+
+        static void GeneratePdf()
+        {
+            var processInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe", "/c pdflatex " + Program.c_mainPath);
+            processInfo.WorkingDirectory = Program.c_latexPath;
+            processInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
+            processInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
+
+            var process = Process.Start(processInfo);
+            process.WaitForExit();
+        }
+
+    }
+}

Proostenkrant.NET/Program.cs

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+using System;
+
+namespace Proostenkrant.NET
+{
+    public class Program
+    {
+        internal const string c_latexPath = "../Latex";
+        internal const string c_mainPath = c_latexPath + "/Main.tex";
+        internal const string c_articlePath = c_latexPath + "/Articles.tex";
+        internal const string c_imagesPath = c_latexPath + "/Images";
+        internal const string c_articleImagesPath = c_imagesPath + "/Articles";
+
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            var rows = GoogleFormsReader.GetData();
+            var text = ArticleGenerator.GenerateArticle(rows);
+            LatexCompiler.Compile(text);
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Done!");
+            Console.ReadLine();
+        }
+    }
+}

Proostenkrant.NET/Proostenkrant.NET.csproj

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{F984715F-2FCA-4A9A-B8A9-020D482FD394}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <RootNamespace>Proostenkrant.NET</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>Proostenkrant.NET</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+    <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>..\Build\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <DocumentationFile>
+    </DocumentationFile>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="ArticleGenerator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="GoogleFormsReader.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="LatexCompiler.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="App.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <WCFMetadata Include="Connected Services\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>

Proostenkrant.NET/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

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+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Proostenkrant.NET")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Proostenkrant.NET")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2022")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
+[assembly: Guid("f984715f-2fca-4a9a-b8a9-020d482fd394")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

Proostenkrant.NET/obj/Debug/.NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2.AssemblyAttributes.cs

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+// <autogenerated />
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+[assembly: global::System.Runtime.Versioning.TargetFrameworkAttribute(".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2", FrameworkDisplayName = ".NET Framework 4.7.2")]

Proostenkrant.NET/obj/Debug/Proostenkrant.NET.csproj.CoreCompileInputs.cache

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+36ee40575dbbea1fa5315cbc1554d56b6770af33

Proostenkrant.NET/obj/Debug/Proostenkrant.NET.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt

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+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Build\Proostenkrant.NET.exe.config
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Build\Proostenkrant.NET.exe
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Build\Proostenkrant.NET.pdb
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Proostenkrant.NET\obj\Debug\Proostenkrant.NET.csproj.AssemblyReference.cache
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Proostenkrant.NET\obj\Debug\Proostenkrant.NET.csproj.SuggestedBindingRedirects.cache
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Proostenkrant.NET\obj\Debug\Proostenkrant.NET.csproj.CoreCompileInputs.cache
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Proostenkrant.NET\obj\Debug\Proostenkrant.NET.exe
+C:\Users\douwe\Projects\Proostenkrant.NET\Proostenkrant.NET\obj\Debug\Proostenkrant.NET.pdb

Proostenkrant.NET/obj/Release/.NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2.AssemblyAttributes.cs

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+// <autogenerated />
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+[assembly: global::System.Runtime.Versioning.TargetFrameworkAttribute(".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2", FrameworkDisplayName = ".NET Framework 4.7.2")]